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BOBBY JOE BRASWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 12, 1944 – February 14, 1966
Service recordBobby Joe Braswell, of Paris, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 32
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Paris, Texas (Lamar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 32
- GARRY COYLEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- LEWIS RAY DIETZPrivate · February 14, 1966
- CORDIE LEE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER NORRIS AMMONSSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 31
- IRA C BOGGS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 31
- GARRY COYLEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 32
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 32
- CORDIE LEE DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 32
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- FRANKLIN DOUGLAS GAMBRELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- JOHN WILLIAM O GROOVERSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- GEORGE E HAYESSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 33
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HOOS JRCaptain · Panel 5E, Line 34
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 34
- GENE CHARLES MILLIGANStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 35
- HENRY MORGAN STARKEYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 36
- TERRY JOE REEDPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 37
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · Panel 5E, Line 37
- WATSON WILLISSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 37
From Paris
- HARDY LEE BELLChief Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- CLARENCE LOVICE EVANSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- JOE EARL LADELLSpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
- ARNOLD REX BRAYSpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
- TITUS LEE EPPSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.